[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-1; Ord. 6 S+FE, 10-17-2007; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
a. 
The Manager of Environmental Health is hereby charged with the enforcement of the ordinances of the City relating to weights and measures. The Manager shall have charge of and shall carefully keep and preserve all standard beams, weights and measures belonging to the City. Upon the expiration of his/her term of office or resignation or removal the Manager shall forthwith deliver said standard beams, weights and measures to his/her successor in office or to any person duly authorized by the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness to serve as the weights and measures official.
b. 
There shall be Assistant Managers of Environmental Health who shall be subject to the supervision of the Manager and shall assist him/her in the work of his/her office, shall have the same powers and authority as the Manager of Environmental Health in the performance of the duties assigned to them, and may perform such acts in the name of the Manager.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-2]
The Manager, Division of Environmental Health shall at least once each year, and as more frequently as he/she shall think proper, inspect and examine all scales, weights, beams, patent balances, steel yards or any other instrument used in weighing or measuring any article intended to be purchased or sold in the City; provided, that platform, wagon and railroad scales weighing over 1,000 pounds shall be inspected and examined at least twice each year, and as more frequently as the Manager, Division of Environmental Health shall think proper.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-4]
The Manager of Environmental Health shall test and prove all computing scales as to weights and values. Any such scales which may be found to give any weight other than the correct weight for any money values indicated shall be condemned. Otherwise such scales shall be approved.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-5]
a. 
The Manager, Division of Environmental Health and the Assistant Manager shall have full power and authority to stop any cart, wagon or other vehicle belonging to any dealer in milk, or any of the other articles mentioned in this Title, or other vehicle, to cause the contents of such vehicle to be weighed at the nearest public scale, and to inspect and seal any weights or measures contained in the vehicle.
b. 
Any person who refuses to permit such weighing of the contents of such vehicle or the inspection or sealing of any weights or measures contained therein shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section 31:1-12 of this chapter.
CROSS REFERENCE. For authority of Manager to stop milk vehicles and enter milk depots to test capacity of containers, see Section 13:4-41 of these Revised General Ordinances.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-6]
No person shall neglect or refuse to exhibit to the City any weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steel yards or other instruments used by any such person in weighing or measuring any article intended to be purchased or sold in the City whenever demanded by the Manager for the purpose of being inspected, examined and stamped.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-7]
No person shall in any way or manner obstruct, hinder or molest the City Manager of the Division of Environmental Health, or his/her Assistant Managers in the performance of their duties as imposed upon them by this Title.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-8]
It shall be unlawful for the Manager, Division of Environmental Health or his/her Assistant Managers to vend any weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steel yards or other instruments to be used for weighing or measuring or to offer or expose the same for sale in the City, under the penalty prescribed by Section 31:1-12 of this chapter, for every such offense.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-9]
The Manager, Division of Environmental Health, shall keep a complete record of all standards examined by him/her. Not later than the fifth day of each month he/she shall send to the State superintendent, upon blanks furnished by such State superintendent, a report. Such report shall contain:
a. 
The number of tests made since the preceding report;
b. 
The number of weights, measures and balances found to be correct;
c. 
The number of weights, measures and balances found to be false;
d. 
The number of prosecutions instituted by said Manager since the preceding report, together with the name and address of each accused, the name of the court where proceedings were instituted and the result thereof; and
e. 
Such other matters as the State superintendent may from time to time prescribe.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-10]
It shall also be the duty of the Assistant City Managers to file daily reports with the Manager, Division of Environmental Health, and to make such other and further reports and keep such further records as may be required from time to time by the Manager or the Governing Body.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-11; Ord. 6 S+FE, 10-17-2007; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
It shall be the duty of the Manager, Division of Environmental Health to report forthwith to the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness of the City the names and places of business of all persons violating any of the provisions of this Title, and of all persons making use of any fraudulent or unsealed weights, measures, scales or other instruments for weighing or measuring.
[R.O. 1966 § 26:1-12]
a. 
The penalty for violation of each of the following sections of this Title shall be, upon conviction of such violation, as follows:
Sections 31:1-8, 31:2-4, 31:2-6 and 31:2-8, not more than $50 for each offense.
b. 
The penalty for violation of any other provision of this Title shall be, upon conviction of such violation, as provided in Section 1:1-9 of these Revised General Ordinances.